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Gameday: No. 20 Baylor opens B4A against VCU

November 23, 2016
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The Baylor men's basketball team will open the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. CT against VCU and will be aired live on ESPN2. The meeting between the Bears (3-0) and the Rams (3-0) is the fourth ever matchup for the programs.

TOP PERFORMERS

Points
VCU:
Forward, Justin Tillman (14.0)
Baylor: Guard, Manu Lecomte (16.7)

Rebounds
VCU: Forward, Justin Tillman (6.0)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (10.0)

Assists
VCU: Guard, Jonathan Williams (3.7)
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (7.0)

Steals
VCU: Guard, Doug Brooks (2.3)
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (2.3)

Blocks
VCU: Forward, Mo Alie-Cox (1.7)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (5.3)
• Baylor faces VCU in Wednesday's first round action of the 6th-annual Battle 4 Atlantis.
• Wednesday is the 4th series meeting between the teams, which last met on Nov. 27, 1998.
• Baylor has led for 94% of game time over its first three games (112:22 of 120:00).
• BU is 3-0 for the 9th time in the last 10 seasons. The lone exception was a 2-1 start last year.
• Baylor is 23-11 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including 10-3 since 2013-14.
• Baylor has knocked off 13 ranked teams in the last two-plus seasons (13-14 vs. ranked opponents).
• BU is 32-54 against ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first four rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor went from receiving no votes to No. 20 in this week's AP Top 25.

Gameday: No. 20 Baylor opens B4A against VCU

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Hambone
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Manu forces a J, then VCU grabs the rebound and drills a 3 in transition. Lewis, obv

30-26 VCU, timeout Baylor 3:32
nein51
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Bears down 4

Someone pull up the stats...have we attempted a 3 except for the one there by acuil?
3ptSpecialist
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Acuil getting abused by the Egyptian. Lecomte having a bad half. Can't seem to get his footwork right. Like the floor is slippery or something.

VCU 30-26 now at under 4 timeout

Brenden Padilla
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Lecomte needs to be off the ball and work to get free. He can't get an open look now and there isn't another scoring threat for bu at the moment
3ptSpecialist
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nein51 said:

Bears down 4

Someone pull up the stats...have we attempted a 3 except for the one there by acuil?
no- only attempt
baylrballa
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Not sure we have the intensity to match them.
riflebear
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they've done a good job taking away LeComte and we have no one else to create their own shot. Put 4 guys on the perimeter and post up Ish or Maston until they play off our guards.
Dubbicans
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We're gonna need some more energy in the 2nd half.

Refs are calling this super tight, but they're letting a ton of hand checking go on. Interesting.
"merry xmas dick head"

--BealBear
BeachedBear
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We look like we have no confidence on offense and Jo is getting dominated by Hamdy. With our players we shouldn't struggle this much to score.
Brenden Padilla
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nein51 said:

Bears down 4

Someone pull up the stats...have we attempted a 3 except for the one there by acuil?


That's the only one. Who would have thought the 7 footer would have the only attempt in 16 mins
jimdue
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This pressure D will help us as down the line . Every bit as tough as WVU.
NOVA Bear
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When the refs let VCU get physical we just back down. That missed shot by Lecomte was a borderline foul. We need to be stronger out there.
Hambone
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BeachedBear said:

We look like we have no confidence on offense and Jo is getting dominated by Hamdy. With our players we shouldn't struggle this much to score.
how about giving credit to our excellent opponents?
riflebear
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Is Nuni a legit scorer? We might really need him in conference on the wing.
nein51
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Our shot selection leaves something to be desired.
Hambone
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ugly turnover by Manu, he just lost it.

VCU misses, then Manu misses a 3. sigh

30-26 VCU 2:15
riflebear
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I wonder what the humidity is like inside that arena. Seems several of our guys have lost the ball and they normally don't do that.
nein51
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Freeman and lecomte both miss relatively open 3s
Hambone
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Hamdy working down low but Jo blocks it, we come away with the ball.
riflebear
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Hambone
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bad pass by Freeman leads to an easy VCU 2... pressure is just killing us

Lindsey fouled, will shoot. 1st no good, 2nd good. 32-27 VCU 1:05
baylrballa
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They are allowing a ton of contact on the outside and much less inside.
3ptSpecialist
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our guards look terrible
Brenden Padilla
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A lot of dribbling and not much movement on offense. It's like the other 4 guys without the ball are doing the mannequin challenge
Hambone
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3ptSpecialist said:

our guards look terrible
learning experience.

VCU with a drive and bucket. 34-27

Jo fouled down low, will shoot 2. :35 left
riflebear
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Motley w/ 2 & Maston w/ 3 fouls is really hurting us right now.
3ptSpecialist
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we are racking up the fouls. But they play 10 guys so doesn't really matter.
Hambone
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Brenden Padilla said:

A lot of dribbling and not much movement on offense. It's like the other 4 guys without the ball are doing the mannequin challenge
their pressure has us lost and on our heels. we aren't helping with some unforced turnovers, to boot.

Jo hits 1 of 2. 34-28 VCU, they will hold for last shot. call timeout with :28
3ptSpecialist
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terrible half of basketball for the Bears. Let's hope the 2nd half is a lot different.
riflebear
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We need Chuck to do something on offense. He needs to help us right now when everyone else is struggling. I like how Freeman & Lindsey are starting to take the ball to the basket. That's what you have to do when guards are all over you.
nein51
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Really just need to calm down and limit the turnovers. We will be fine.
3ptSpecialist
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our guards this half...
Hambone
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VCU hits a tough floater off the glass, jeeeez. they are better on offense than I thought. really good team.

36-28 VCU @ half.
3ptSpecialist
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36-28 VCU
Ski8103
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Freeman can be such a mixed bag. He's aggressive in a negative way most of the time.
 
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